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单词 shepherdry
释义

shepherdryn.

Etymology: < shepherd n. + -ry suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshepherdry.
rare.
a. The business of a shepherd. Cf. shepherdy n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding
shepherdship1548
shepherdry1594
shepherdya1622
shepherding1796
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iii. f. 28 Pasturage, grasing, and shepheardrie, were before husbandrie and tillage.
b. The affairs of ‘the Order of Ancient Shepherds’, a benefit society. (After forestry n.)
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society
Rechabite1637
friendly society1684
provident society1771
provident club1797
benefit-society1801
benefit-club1812
burial-society1812
ménage1815
burial club1848
forestry1861
tontine1871
shepherdry1900
approved society1911
1900 Dundee Advertiser 19 July 5 Shepherdry.—At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Maisondieu Lodge of Ancient Shepherds..the balance-sheet..was submitted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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